Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 10.121.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
येन॒ द्यौरु॒ग्रा पृ॑थि॒वी च॑ दृ॒ळ्हा येन॒ स्व॑ स्तभि॒तं येन॒ नाक॑: । यो अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ रज॑सो वि॒मान॒: कस्मै॑ दे॒वाय॑ ह॒विषा॑ विधेम ॥
येन द्यौरुग्रा पृथिवी च दृळ्हा येन स्व स्तभितं येन नाकः । यो अन्तरिक्षे रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥
yena dyaur ugrā pṛthivī ca dṛḻhā yena sva stabhitaṃ yena nākaḥ | yo antarikṣe rajaso vimānaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||
English translation:
“By whom the sky was made profound and the earth solid, by whom heaven and the solar sphere werefixed, who was the measure of the water in the firmament -- let us offer worship with an oblation to the divine Ka.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyagarbhaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [hiraṇyagarbha prājāpatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): kaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
येन॑ । द्यौः । उ॒ग्रा । पृ॒थि॒वी । च॒ । दृ॒ळ्हा । येन॑ । स्वरिति॑ स्वः॑ । स्त॒भि॒तम् । येन॑ । नाकः॑ । यः । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे । रज॑सः । वि॒ऽमानः॑ । कस्मै॑ । दे॒वाय॑ । ह॒विषा॑ । वि॒धे॒म॒ ॥
येन । द्यौः । उग्रा । पृथिवी । च । दृळ्हा । येन । स्वरिति स्वः । स्तभितम् । येन । नाकः । यः । अन्तरिक्षे । रजसः । विमानः । कस्मै । देवाय । हविषा । विधेम ॥
yena | dyauḥ | ugrā | pṛthivī | ca | dṛḷhā | yena | svar iti svaḥ | stabhitam | yena | nākaḥ | yaḥ | antarikṣe | rajasaḥ | vi-mānaḥ | kasmai | devāya | haviṣā | vidhema
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.121.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“fixate; strengthen.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sva [word]; sva.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“paralyze; stiffen; fixate; fixate; stambh; rear; stop; strengthen; constipate.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; celestial sphere; Svarga; nāka [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“pervading.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“worship; offer.”